While TV/movie-watching isn’t something we do every day here at Chez FG, we do enjoy watching movies sometimes, especially when it’s a family affair. And as you might have guessed, we’re not huge fans of paying full price for movie-watching. So, I thought I’d make a list of the ways we keep our movie-watching costs […]

Last week, in my post 7 reasons you’re eating out so much, I talked about the idea of a fallback meal. What’s a fallback meal? It’s an easy-to-put-together meal that consists mostly of pantry ingredients (including the freezer!), and it’s something you can fall back on when other plans have fallen through. (Your meat didn’t […]

A number of you have written asking about our TV-watching setup, and I’m finally getting around to writing about it today. You probably know that here at Chez Frugal Girl, we don’t like to spend a lot of time glued to the TV screen (Honestly, the computer screen is much more tempting to me!) However, […]

A while back, Elizabeth from Ready, Set, Simplify wrote a Ten Ways to Waste Food post, and I thought it would be fun to write a similar post about how to avoid cooking. 1. Don’t plan a menu. Fly by the seat of your pants, baby! That way, you’ll frequently have no clue what to […]

I signed up a while back, so I thought I’d share my thoughts about this service (and I’m curious what you guys think of it too!). In case you haven’t heard of it, I should explain that Groupon is a daily local deal site. You sign up for free, and each day Groupon emails you […]

I heard about this show back in September when we were on vacation, and its topic piqued my interest. The reality show, called “Downsized” (which is done by PieTown Productions, the same company that contacted me about a reality show several years ago!) chronicles the adventures of a blended family (7 kids total) who has […]